[Verse 1]
I lost a name in the hall
Still hear it in the walls
Got dressed for the day
Even when my knees went small
Photo face in the drawer
I cried, then I stood
Grief came heavy at dawn
But I learned I could
Same hands, same scar
Still I cook, still I park
Still I laugh in the store
Still I walk through the dark
They said time would erase it
Time only taught me
How to carry the ache
Without lettin' it boss me
[Pre-Chorus]
I was broke open wide
Now I sew it up slow
Every tear got a lesson
Every lesson, I grow
I don't need to be saved
I can save my own heart
I been soft, I been strong
I been both from the start
[Chorus]
I love me again
I love me again
After all that I lived
I love me again
I stand up straight
I breathe my name
What the hurt took away
I give back today
I love me again
I love me again
(again, again)
I love me again
[Verse 2]
Now I look in the glass
And I don't flinch first
See the tired in my eyes
See the gold in the hurt
I used to beg for a sign
From a sky full of rain
Now I light my own room
With the edge of my pain
Kept my mama's old ring
On a chain by my chest
Kept my promise to me
That I'd settle for less?
Never that, baby
I was built to return
With my feet in the fire
And my heart still learn
So if you loved me, you watched
How I rose off the floor
If you knew me before
You know me more
[Pre-Chorus]
I was broke open wide
Now I sew it up slow
Every tear got a lesson
Every lesson, I grow
I don't need to be saved
I can save my own heart
I been soft, I been strong
I been both from the start
[Chorus]
I love me again
I love me again
After all that I lived
I love me again
I stand up straight
I breathe my name
What the hurt took away
I give back today
I love me again
I love me again
(again, again)
I love me again
[Bridge]
Let it rain, let it fall
I been through worse than this
I can hold my own weight
With a trembling fist
No more begging the mirror
To forgive my skin
I came back to myself
And I let me in
[Final Chorus]
I love me again
I love me again
After all that I lived
I love me again
I stand up straight
I breathe my name
What the hurt took away
I give back today
I love me again
I love me again
(again, again)
I love me again